Category: UK Politics

Crisis-hit Your Party rules out co-leadership after Corbyn and Sultana’s public spats

The decision to rule out co-leadership in the short term comes after a turbulent first few months for the party, marred by infighting

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‘I fled Africa to safety in the UK – Starmer’s migrant crackdown means I could be sent back’

Shams Moussa says despite a change of government in his home country, he feels like an ‘alien’ – and condemned Labour’s plan to return refugees as part of a planned overhaul of the asylum system

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Plans to reform NHS have ‘chilling echoes’ of HS2 failures, MPs warn

Public accounts committee warns that ‘poor practices’ seen in the project to build the high-speed rail link are being replicated in the health service

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Albanian PM accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘ethnic stereotyping’ in asylum reforms

Edi Rama was furious that Mahmood singled out 700 Albanian families to justify ending the right to family reunions

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Wes Streeting not ‘comfortable’ deporting children under Labour’s migrant crackdown

The health secretary insisted the number of forced removals ‘should be low’ and is ‘the right thing to do for the country’

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French police plan to use nets to stop small boats ‘risks turning Channel into a graveyard’

France has been under mounting pressure from the UK to intercept migrant vessels at sea amid growing public anger over illegal migration

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How income tax could increase anyway despite Reeves U-turn

The prime minister refused to rule out income tax thresholds being frozen – which could lead to people paying more

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Starmer refuses to rule out freeze on income tax thresholds in Budget

Labour prime minister under pressure from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

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Donald Trump’s ‘piggy’ jibe slammed by Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting has condemned Donald Trump’s “piggy” jibe towards a female journalist who asked the US president a question about the Epstein files.

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